Mine detail: Copper King Mine Adams

Previously called 'CK GoldArizona MineBartlett Copper King'

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Location: Laramie County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.14469, -105.18615
dep_id: 10106252
mrds_id: W032177
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Copper
Trace mineral: Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Porphyry Cu-Au
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Molybdenite, Sphalerite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Cuprite, Malachite, Pyrite, Azurite, Chrysocolla
gangue: Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Magnetite, Fluorite, Epidote
orebody_fm: HYDROTHERMAL DISSEMINATED; STOCKWORK BROAD DISSEMINATED ZONE IN NEAR VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE
work_type: Underground
model: 78: Porphyry Cu-Au
Reporter: Barari, Rachel A.
hrock_type: Granodiorite
arock_type: Quartz Monzonite,Diorite
Structure: Faults
Year first produced: 1881
disc_yr: 1879
References:
  • Deposit:: GSW BULL 50, P. 88
  • Deposit:: GSW PR 14, P. 15, 17-27.
  • Deposit:: USGS RI 5139
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